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Schedule of area trick-or-treat times.

Opening includes ribbon cutting ceremony

Funds to be split between two projects: a service dog for a local family and the Sturgis Splash Pad

Eastwood improvements and transportation enhancements also on agenda

Teacher Appreciation week was May 3-7 and Sturgis teachers were honored in various ways.  At Wall Elementary School, the parent association gave a token of appreciation for teachers each day, said principal Harmonee McCrea. That included a snow cone vendor, coffee and doughnuts, massages, bingo with prizes and yard signs for the teachers and staff. At Congress and Wenzel elementary schools, the parents "Lighthouse" team gave teachers customized tumblers, doughnuts and coffee, gift cards, cand...

Two new playgrounds are coming soon to Wall Elementary School in Sturgis. Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education on Monday approved a recommendation from school officials to buy two playground sets from Sinclair Recreation LLC of Holland. Each set will cost $200,000, for a total of $400,000. School officials noted satisfaction with previous work done by Sinclair for the district, as the company also installed the playgrounds at Congress and Wenzel elementaries. The two playgrounds will ...

The Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 19, in the Sturgis Middle School large group instruction room.

Sturgis Journal Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education on Monday examined and discussed several agenda items for its next board meeting, scheduled for April 19. Board members received a request for proposals report from Ray Sterling, the districts director of finance. The district is interested in purchasing two new gas-powered buses, as part of a fleet-replacement plan. Each bus will be identical, Sterling said: a 77-passenger, Blue Bird unit. Cost is about $93,000 each. The board will ta...

Upon returning from spring break, Sturgis Public Schools Board of Education will meet Monday. The discussion, set for 5:30 p.m. in the Sturgis Middle School large instruction room, will enable the board to review details about several topics that will come up for a vote at the April 19 meeting. Among items of discussion, the district is considering buying two school buses, to be delivered in time for the 2021-22 academic year. The board is expected to receive updates regarding the district�...